Charlie DeTar

Is there a way to access the enclosing poly~ object from within a 

poly-enclosed subpatcher? In a javascript in an enclosed poly patcher, 

the "this.patcher" property refers, as expected, to the patcher that 

poly~ is wrapping. But neither the "box" property nor the 

"parentpatcher" property seem to return a usable object.

Using this js in a poly~-wrapped patcher:

    post( poly1 ); // displays "jsobject 0" in max window

    post( poly2 ); // displays "jsobject 0" in max window

    // following results in "TypeError: poly1 has no properties"

    // following results in "TypeError: poly2 has no properties"

    // comment out the previous error to see this evaluate

The documentation references the "subpatcher" method to access 

subpatchers inside a poly~ object once you have a reference to the poly~ 

object in your script, but I can't figure out how to access a reference 

Is there a way to access the enclosing poly~ object from within a 
poly-enclosed subpatcher?  In a javascript in an enclosed poly patcher, 
the "this.patcher" property refers, as expected, to the patcher that 
poly~ is wrapping.  But neither the "box" property nor the 
"parentpatcher" property seem to return a usable object.

var poly1 = this.patcher.box;
var poly2 = this.patcher.parentpatcher;
function loadbang() {
	post( poly1 ); // displays "jsobject 0" in max window
	post( poly2 ); // displays "jsobject 0" in max window

	// following results in "TypeError: poly1 has no properties"
	post( poly1.maxclass );

	// following results in "TypeError: poly2 has no properties"
	// comment out the previous error to see this evaluate
	post( poly2.maxclass );
}

The documentation references the "subpatcher" method to access 
subpatchers inside a poly~ object once you have a reference to the poly~ 
object in your script, but I can't figure out how to access a reference 
to the poly~ object from inside it...

Any help is greatly appreciated,
Charlie


js-in-poly

>Is there a way to access the enclosing poly~ object from within a poly-enclosed subpatcher? In a javascript in an enclosed poly patcher, the "this.patcher" property refers, as expected, to the patcher that poly~ is wrapping. But neither the "box" property nor the "parentpatcher" property seem to return a usable object.

This is not accessible from any function in js, but it is easily accomplished by sending a message to your js instance from the thispoly~ object.

>Is there a way to access the enclosing poly~ object from within a poly-enclosed subpatcher?  In a javascript in an enclosed poly patcher, the "this.patcher" property refers, as expected, to the patcher that poly~ is wrapping.  But neither the "box" property nor the "parentpatcher" property seem to return a usable object.

Quote: jkc wrote on Sat, 09 April 2005 15:48

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> This is not accessible from any function in js, but it is easily accomplished by sending a message to your js instance from the thispoly~ object.

Joshua, if you get this, or anyone else who knows, could you elaborate on what you mean? I've been trying everything I can think of within [js] to get the enclosing [poly~] with the goal of finding [pattr] paths. I think I've found a work around, but I think what Joshua alludes to here might be more elegant. Could anyone clarify this?

Quote: jkc wrote on Sat, 09 April 2005 15:48
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> This is not accessible from any function in js, but it is easily accomplished by sending a message to your js instance from the thispoly~ object.
>
> -Joshua
>
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Joshua, if you get this, or anyone else who knows, could you elaborate on what you mean? I've been trying everything I can think of within [js] to get the enclosing [poly~] with the goal of finding [pattr] paths.  I think I've found a work around, but I think what Joshua alludes to here might be more elegant.  Could anyone clarify this?


I know this was 11 years ago, but still: Is there anyone knowing how and if the parentpatcher property works in poly~? (Or how to work around it? )

I want to send loadbang, script and window messages to this.patcher.parentpatcher from an abstraction inside a loaded patcher in a poly~.

I know this was 11 years ago, but still: Is there anyone knowing how and  if the parentpatcher property works in poly~? (Or how to work around it? )
I want to send loadbang, script and window messages to this.patcher.parentpatcher from an abstraction inside a loaded patcher in a poly~.

js in poly~